Four arrested for holding mother, child captive for years

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http://www.19actionnews.com/story/22622485/four-arrested-for-holding-mother-child-captive-for-years?hpt=hp_t2

ASHLAND, OH (WOIO) -
Four people have been arrested for holding a mother and her child captive for years in Ashland.

According to the charges, the suspects used beatings, threats of death and threats of attacks from pit bulls and large snakes to hold a woman and her child against their will for two years.

Suspects allegedly made the woman, whom has a cognitive disability, clean the house, do laundry and yard work.

She and her child were, at times, not allowed to eat and were forced to sleep in a padlocked room on a cement floor.

In October of 2012, the mother stole a candy bar from a Family Dollar while shopping for the suspects. She told police the people at the house were mean. An investigation was launched and officials conducted a raid at the Ashland home on Tuesday.

The suspects are to be arraigned in Federal Court later Tuesday

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1. What the hell is going on in Ohio?!?